Metal shingle



May 26, 1925. 1,539,632

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clip for securing the upper end of one I Patented May 26, 1925.

UNITED STATES.

PATENT; OFFICE.

GEORGE A. BELDING, OF BILL INGS MONTANA.-

METAL SHINGLE.

Application filed October 20,19253. Serial No. 595,770.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, GEORGE A. Bananas, a citizen of the United States, residing at Billings, in the county of Yellowstone and sheet metal; and the object of the improve;

ment is to shapea shingle and provide a shingle to a roof and also for engaging the lower end of an overlapping shingle and securing it to the roof.

A further object of the improvement is to save the extra length of material used in well known methods of overlapping the ends of shingles and securing the same to a roof and to this end the invention involves the use of an upturned flange on the upper end of a lower shingle with an underturned L- flange on the butt end of an upper shingle, and a clip secured to the roof extending over the upturned flange and provided with av protruding tongue under which the L-flange of the upper shingle is engaged.

' 'The invention may be embodiedin a shingle and a clip shaped as shown in the accompanying drawings, forming part hereof, in'which v v Figure 1 is a detached perspective vie of the improved shingle;

Fig. 2, a detached perspective view of the improved clip; j

ig. 3, a fragmentary-section illustrating the-application of the improved shingle and clip to a roof, showing a joint between the overlapping ends of the shingles;

Fig. 4, a fragmentary section, showing a modified form of the overlapping end joint; Fig. 5, a fragmentary section, ason line l--4, Fig. 3, showing a side joint of the shingle;

Fig. 6, a fragmentary section, showing the method of assembling the side joint; and

Fig. 7, a fragmentary perspective view showing the use of an upturned L-flange on the upper end of a shingle.

Similar numerals of reference indicate corresponding parts throughout the drawings.

The improved shingle 5 is made of sheet metal and may be provided with an open folded hook' flange 6 along one side, and is off-set as at 7 at the other side to form a raised rib 8, which is provided with an open folded hook flange 6"; The open flanges and their hooks are adapted, to interengage by sliding endwise one within the other, as

shown in Fig. 5; and they may also be engaged sidewise by springing one flange within the other to join the sides ofthe shingles together, as shownin Fig. 6, and

when so joined the body portions of adjoining shingles lie in the same plane, asishown in Fig. 5. i

The upper end of each shingle is provided with an upturned flange 9, which may be formed at a normal angle as shown, and the lower end of each shingle is provided with an underturned L-flange 10, the stem 11 of which may form a square or butt end of the shingle, and the undert-urned edge of which may be provided with a downturned lip 12, which is preferably inclined outwardly so as to bear upon a lower shingle at an acute angle, as shown in Fig. 3. The lip 12 is bent upward againstthe L-flange, at certain places, as at 13, to fitover .a raised rib 8, as at the side joints of lower shingles.

The improved clip 14 is likewise made of sheet metal and is bent along a median line and may form an inverted U-shaped socket 15 for receiving and fitting over the upturned flange 9 on the upper edge of a shingle, as shown in Fig. 3, or may extend straight from the bend 15, as shown in Fig. 4.

One stantially the same height as the upturned flange and is provided with a securing flange 17 adapted to lie flatwise upon a roof 18, and to be secured theretoas by nails 19 driven through apertures 20 in the flange. The

other side 21. of the socket is made of less height than the upstanding flange 9, and is provided with a tongue flange 22 extending over and at a fre'e'interval above the body of a lower shingle, and may beinclined toward the same; which tongue flange is preferably provided with an upwardly inclined lip 23 on its free end.

When an upturned L-flange 24 is'used, as

side16'of the socket 15 is made subshown in Figs. 4 and7, a modified form of clip 14L may be used with a tongue flange eX-.

tending straight from the bend, 15 and thence by a returnbend under the L-flange; or the L-fla'nge 24; may be folded flat at certain places, as at let to accommodate the socket of an ordinary clip 14.

In applying the sh'ngles to a roof, a clip is engaged over the upturned flange 9 on the upper end of a lower shingle and is then secured to the roof by nails or the like, driven through its securing flange; after which the L-flange of an upper shingle is engagedunder the tongue flange 22 of the clip by sliding upward under the same; and the parts are preferably shaped so that the tongue flange must be deflected upward by' the entrance of the L-flange under the same, so as to clamp the Lflangetightly against the body of the lower shingle, the upwardly inclined "lip 28 being provided on the tongue flange to facilitate the entrance of the L- flange thereunder.

By these means the overlapped ends of the shingles are both secured to the roof by the same clip, and the hearing of the downwardly inclined lip 12 on the body of a lower shingle makes a close contact there with and stops any water which may flow upward under the'lower end of the butt shingle. I

I claim 1. A sheet metal shingle or the like hav ing an upturned flange on one end and an underturned L-flange on the other end pro vided with a downturned, outwardly inclined lip for engagement with the next lower shingle and a clip having a socket engaging over the upturned flange on one single and with a flange on one side secured to a roof and a tongue flange on the other side engaging the L-flange of an overlapping shingle, there being an upwardly-inclined lipon the engaging tongue of the clip.

2. A sheet metal shingle or the like having an upturned flange on one end and an underturned L-flange on the other end, and a clip having a median bend engaging over the upturned flange with a flange on one side secured to the roof and a tongue flange on the other side engaging the L-flange of an overlapping shingle.

3. A sheet metal shingle or the like having an upturned flange on one end and an underturned L-flange on the other end, and a clip having a median U-shaped socket engaging over the upturned flange on one shingle with a flange on one side secured to a roof and a tongue flange on the other side engaging the Lflange of an overlapping shingle.

4-. A sheet metal shingle or the like having an upturned flange on one end and an underturned L-flange on the other end, and a clip having avmedian bend engaging over the upturned flange on one shingle with a flange on one side secured to a root and a tongue flange on the other side engaging the L- flange of an overlapping shingle, there being a downwardly inclined lip on the edge of the L-flangc.

5. A sheet metal shingle or the like having an upturned flange on one end and an underturned L-flange on the other end, and a clip having a median hand engaging over the upturned flange on one shingle with a flange on one side secured to a root and .a tongue flange on the other side engaging the L- flange of an overlapping shingle, there being an upwardly inclined lip on the engaging tongue of the clip. V

euoneu A. Mahmud 

